DRAFT Climate Action Plan - PMC

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GHG EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGET
After state and regional efforts are factored into Sunnyvale’s growth forecast, the City’s
challenge to meet the GHG reduction targets of 15% below baseline levels by 2020 and
progress toward the 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 will be fulfilled by the Climate
Action Plan. Figure ES-4 below identifies the gap between the City’s GHG emissions
forecast and the reduction targets if policies and programs are not developed to reduce
GHG emissions.
FIGURE ES-4 – GHG FORECASTS AND STATE REDUCTION TARGETS
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2008 2010 2020 2035
GHG REDUCTION MEASURES
Business-as-Usual Growth
Forecast
Adjusted Growth Projection
(ABAU)
AB 32 and S-3-05 Target
Emissions
It is important to identify how the City will meet or exceed the minimum GHG reduction
target of 15% below baseline levels by 2020 to ensure the City can utilize the Climate
Action Plan as a Qualified GHG Reduction Strategy for use in environmental review of
projects. This Plan identifies a clear path to allow the City to exceed the community-wide
GHG reduction target of 15% below baseline levels by 2020.
Draft
The GHG reduction measures included in this Climate Action Plan demonstrate the
City’s ability to reach and exceed the GHG reduction target of 15% below baseline levels
by 2020. Emissions reductions were quantified for three different years: 2010, 2020, and
2035. Emissions reductions for 2010 have been quantified to demonstrate the actual
emissions reduction progress that the City has already made in implementing measures
within the CAP. The 2020 and 2035 emissions reductions are the potential reductions
that will be achieved through the implementation of these measures over the next
several years.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The reduction measures included in this Plan are a diverse mix of regulatory and
incentive-based programs. The reduction measures aim to reduce GHG emissions from
each source to avoid reliance on any one strategy or sector to achieve the target. In
total, existing actions, state programs, and GHG reduction measures in this Plan will
reduce GHG emissions in the City of Sunnyvale in 2020 by 487,180 MTCO 2 e (see Table
ES-4), a 30% reduction below baseline or more than double the required GHG
CITY OF SUNNYVALE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
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